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    Default Looking for a poem about English spelling

    I am trying to track down a poem I once read about English spelling (and the absurdity thereof). It is based mainly on rhymes between words that don't look at all similar when written.

    I can't remember any more details, but if somebody can point me to it I will be grateful.
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    Default Re: Looking for a poem about English spelling

    Is this what you are looking for? -
    The English Spelling Society : Spelling poems.
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    Default Re: Looking for a poem about English spelling

    Many thanks; I think the first two or three are what I remember, though I had the idea they were all from the same poem.

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    Default Re: Looking for a poem about English spelling

    I am grateful to you for your original question. It spurred me to track down something I had been intending to for some time. I hadn't realised that there were so many on offer; like you, I had only met the first two or three before.

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